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Gallery: Zoos in the news

A rare gold brushtail possum eat carrots while displayed by wildlife personnel at Martin Place public square in Sydney’s central district as Australia’s zoo and aquarium association celebrate the National Threatened Species Day on September 7, 2012. The event brings focus on wildlife conservation and education of local communities about the importance of threatened species in Australia while visitors can interact with the animals handled by wildlife personnel.

A Wood Bison calf and an adult Wood Bison feed in their enclosure at Berlin’s Tierpark Zoo on September 11, 2012. The calf, named Helena, was born on 23rd August 2012, in captivity.

A red-tailed black cockatoo is displayed by Kylie Hackshall, a wildlife personnel at Martin Place public square in Sydney’s central district as Australia’s zoo and aquarium association celebrate the National Threatened Species Day on September 7, 2012. The event brings focus on wildlife conservation and education of local communities about the importance of threatened species in Australia while visitors can interact with the animals handled by wildlife personnel.

In this photo released by the Zoological Society of London, the pygmy three-toed sloth is shown. International conservation groups have unveiled a list of the earth’s most threatened 100 animals, plants and fungi and say urgent action is needed to protect them. The groups identified the species Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in a report presented to a global conservation forum on the southern South Korean island of Jeju. The species live in 48 countries and include the Tarzan’s chameleon, the spoon-billed sandpiper and the pygmy three-toed sloth.

A Wood Bison calf walks around in her enclosure at Berlin’s Tierpark Zoo on September 11, 2012. The calf, named Helena, was born on 23rd August 2012, in captivity.

Baby bottlenose dolphin Doerte and her mother Delphi swim through their basin on October 18, 2011 at the zoo in Duisburg, western Germany. Doerte, almost two months old, is still fed on milk by her mother.

A koala is handled by a wildlife personnel at Martin Place public square in Sydney’s central district as Australia’s zoo and aquarium association celebrate the National Threatened Species Day on September 7, 2012. The event brings focus on wildlife conservation and education of local communities about the importance of threatened species in Australia while visitors can interact with the animals handled by wildlife personnel.

Two lion babies sit in their enclosure at the zoo in Dresden, eastern Germany, on September 6, 2012. Two five-week old lion babies were presented to the public for the first time.

In this undated photo released by the Zoological Society of London, the Tarzan’s chameleon is shown. International conservation groups have unveiled a list of the earth’s most threatened 100 animals, plants and fungi and say urgent action is needed to protect them. The groups identified the species Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in a report presented to a global conservation forum on the southern South Korean island of Jeju. The species live in 48 countries and include the Tarzan’s chameleon, the spoon-billed sandpiper and the pygmy three-toed sloth.

In this undated photo released by the Zoological Society of London, the spoon-billed sandpiper is shown. International conservation groups have unveiled a list of the earth’s most threatened 100 animals, plants and fungi and say urgent action is needed to protect them. The groups identified the species Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in a report presented to a global conservation forum on the southern South Korean island of Jeju. The species live in 48 countries and include the Tarzan’s chameleon, the spoon-billed sandpiper and the pygmy three-toed sloth.

A shoebill is displayed at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012.

A zebra eats apple peels fed by a tourist at a zoo in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012.

Lemurs eat watermelon to cool off at Rome’s Bioparco Zoo on August 22, 2012. With temperatures hitting nearly 40 degrees Celsius in the Italian capital, zookeepers are trying to help some of the 1,000 animals “confront the torrid heat.”

Four young tigers sit in their enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, western Germany, on August 22, 2012.They will remain together for about a year and will then be sent to other zoological gardens within the framework of an European breeding conservation programme.

A baby greater flamingo stands next to the adult birds at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012.

A tiger is walks around its enclosures at the zoo in Cologne, western Germany, on August 25, 2012. According to the police, a zoo keeper has died after being attacked by a tiger.

Baby lama Pippa chews as she stands in her enclosure at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany, on August 23, 2012. Pippa was born on August 12, 2012 at the zoo.

A tiger sits in a cage Puerto Falcon, Paraguay, on the border with Argentina, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. Nine Bengal tigers and seven African lions from an Argentine circus have been stuck at the border in Paraguay for two months, because Argentine officials refuse to approve their paperwork for re-entry. Paraguay’s Wildlife Ministry announced Friday they will move the animals two by two to the Asuncion zoo, ìso that they can live in some comfort and not in a strange area.

Two Bengala tigers remain in a cage in a zoo in Asuncion on August 25, 2012. Paraguay took in nine Bengala tigers and seven African lions from an Argentine circus, after they spent 20 days in the Argentinian border tryingto enter that country unsuccessfully due to the lack of a sanitary visa.

Baby lama Pippa stands in her enclosure at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany, on August 23, 2012. Pippa was born on August 12, 2012 at the zoo.

An African lioness remains in a cage in a zoo in Asuncion on August 25, 2012. Paraguay took in nine Bengala tigers and seven African lions from an Argentine circus, after they spent 20 days in the Argentinian border tryingto enter that country unsuccessfully due to the lack of a sanitary visa.

A five-day-old baby hippopotamus swims next to its mother, Kibu, at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The calf, the offspring of 21-year-old Kibu and 31-year-old Duke, was born on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

Yuan Zi, one of the two giant pandas which arrived last winter in France from China, eats an ice, on August 23, 2012, at Beauval zoo in Saint-Aignan, central France.

A four-week-old baby elephant named Bindi climbs in its enclosure at the zoo in the northern German city of Cologne on August 23, 2012.

This image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows a giant panda cub receiving its first veterinary exam Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, in San Diego. The exam allowed staff to determine that the cub is healthy, thriving and weighs 1.5 pounds, but were not able to determine the sex. This is the sixth giant panda born at the San Diego Zoo, the most born at a breeding facility outside of China.

(FILES)Two grizzly bears fight at Madrid’s zoo in this July 7, 2010 file photo. A lone backpacker was mauled to death by a grizzly bear in a US national park in Alaska after taking pictures of it from close range, the National Parks Service and reports said. The victim from San Diego, California, was photographing the animal from less than 50 yards away -- contrary to guidelines advising staying away from bears -- in Denali National Park on August 24, 2012 when he was attacked.

A young bongo antelope stands next to his mother animal at his enclosure at the zoo in Berlin, Germany on August 28, 2012. Several female bongos gave birth during the past months at the Berlin zoo.

Victoria Rhyne was surprised by a young camel at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville,Texas in the Small World petting area on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. Rhyne was not injured as a result of the incident and the skin was not broken.

Visitors look at Huan Huan, one of the two giant pandas which arrived last winter in France from China, is pictured, on August 23, 2012, at Beauval zoo in Saint-Aignan, central France.

Elton, an eight-week old Spectacled Owl, (Pulsatrix perspicillata) looks out as he is weighed at London Zoo, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. Zookeepers are grabbing their scales and reaching for the tape measures, as they prepare to monitor every animal at ZSL London Zooís annual weigh-in.

Yuan Zi (“chubby”) a Chinese panda sucks an ice cube flavoured with honey and apple in his enclosure at Beauval zoo in Saint-Aignan, central-western France, on August 17, 2012. The animals left their breeding centre in southwestern China for a 10-year stay in France, on a loan sealed after years of top-level negotiations.

A Sugar Glider crawls into a log at the Night Safari at the Singapore Zoo on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 in Singapore. The tourist haunt which claims popularity as the world’s first Night Safari, opened yet another attraction, “The Wallaby Trail” consisting of wildlife in the Australasian region which includes Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand to the public Friday.

A Brush-tailed Possum feeds on an apple at the Night Safari at the Singapore Zoo on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 in Singapore. The tourist haunt which claims popularity as the world’s first Night Safari, opened yet another attraction, “The Wallaby Trail” consisting of wildlife in the Australasian region which includes Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand to the public Friday.

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